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68% of people are worried about misinformation due to deepfakes 2025-02-24 at 15:45 By Recent research found that .1% of U.S. and U.K. consumers could accurately distinguish real from fake content across images and video. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple’s ADP won’t 2025-02-24 at 15:31 By Connor Jones No matter how deep you are in Apple’s ‘ecosystem,’ there are ways to stay encrypted in the UK Apple customers, privacy advocates, and security sleuths have now had the weekend to stew over the news of the […]

SpaceX has an explanation for the Falcon 9 bits that hit Poland 2025-02-24 at 15:02 By Richard Speed Oxygen leak blamed for a lack of deorbit burn SpaceX has published an explanation for the debris from the Falcon 9 second stage that fell over Poland last week. Because of an oxygen leak, the expected deorbit […]

IBM Consulting workers told management wants to ‘more closely align pay, performance’ 2025-02-24 at 14:03 By Paul Kunert At least they’re not having to ‘justify’ recent work or resign Exclusive  IBM Consulting wants employees to know they’re not all created equally, a point it intends to reflect in a “closer alignment between pay and performance.”… […]

Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats 2025-02-24 at 13:34 By Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys as a way to bulletproof encryption systems against the threat posed by cryptographically-relevant quantum computers. The feature, currently in preview, coexists […]

Becoming Ransomware Ready: Why Continuous Validation Is Your Best Defense 2025-02-24 at 13:34 By Ransomware doesn’t hit all at once—it slowly floods your defenses in stages. Like a ship subsumed with water, the attack starts quietly, below the surface, with subtle warning signs that are easy to miss. By the time encryption starts, it’s too […]

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: From $1.5B Crypto Heist to AI Misuse & Apple’s Data Dilemma 2025-02-24 at 13:34 By Welcome to your weekly roundup of cyber news, where every headline gives you a peek into the world of online battles. This week, we look at a huge crypto theft, reveal some sneaky AI scam tricks, […]

How’s that open source licensing coming along? That well, huh? 2025-02-24 at 13:20 By Richard Speed When a vendor and a community stop loving each other, things can get very forked up State Of Open  Multiple license changes have rocked the open source community over the last few years. For vendors concerned, the impact has […]

Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life 2025-02-24 at 12:20 By Liam Proven What is dead may never die After a heroic effort, the oldest machine-readable copy of Unix version 2 is running again.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Quantum computing could arrive soon due to Microsoft’s new chip 2025-02-24 at 12:20 By According to Microsoft, quantum computers could be built within years instead of decades, citing a recent breakthrough.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns 2025-02-24 at 12:19 By Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. “After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services […]

Microsoft’s Euro-mandated File Explorer surgery shows ‘less is more’ is still a thing 2025-02-24 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Humble but with a huge history, the utility’s privacy pare-back points to a productive possible future Opinion  Windows File Explorer doesn’t get much love, poor thing. It gets sworn at if a sought file cannot be […]

Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that 2025-02-24 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Wants regulators and carriers to adopt Open Fibre Data Standard to answer questions like ‘Is that one fibre, or nine?’ APRICOT 2025  The Internet Society wants to help improve maps that depict terrestrial optic fibre […]

Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year 2025-02-24 at 08:18 By Organizations that don’t pivot to an asset-centric security model risk more than exposure — they’re inviting catastrophic breaches. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps 2025-02-24 at 05:54 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief  Apple has responded to the UK government’s demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud by deciding to […]

Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech 2025-02-24 at 02:38 By Simon Sharwood Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty United States president Donald Trump last Friday issued a memorandum that suggests imposition of tariffs on nations that dare to tax big tech companies.… […]

If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them 2025-02-23 at 19:27 By Tobias Mann Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI Interview  Despite the billions of dollars spent each year training large language models (LLMs), there remains a sizable gap between building a model and […]

Here’s the ugliest global-warming chart you’ll ever need to see 2025-02-23 at 17:07 By Rik Myslewski Earth is running a fever. That’s not news. What’s surprising is exactly how fast its temperature is rising Analysis  As you’ve likely read in many a headline-shouting article, our precious Blue Marble Earth just experienced its warmest year since […]